SF News SF DPH Busting Out Drag Queens In Latest Drug Overdose Prevention Campaign The SF Department of Public Health’s latest effort to prevent drug overdoses is employing local drag queens Kochina Rude and Nicki Jizz to lead a month-long outreach campaign to distribute fentanyl testing strips and teach people how to administer Narcan.
SF News Walgreens Now Selling Cheaper Generic Narcan Over the Counter, and It’s Already Available The national pharmacy chain Walgreens has made its generic version of Narcan available over the counter, and it's $10 cheaper than name-brand Narcan, and apparently already available at a few SF stores.
SF News French Bulldog Likely Exposed to Fentanyl in Nob Hill Park, Treated With Narcan Apparently Narcan also works on dogs who’ve consumed fentanyl, as a one-year-old French bulldog learned that the hard way after likely ingesting fentanyl last week in Nob Hill, though the dog is now recovered and healthy.
SF News Narcan Everywhere: Haney Introduces Bill To Require Narcan In Bars, Gas Stations, Libraries, SROs Assemblymember Matt Haney is proposing a bill that would require bars, gas stations, libraries and SROs to stock the opioid overdose reversal medication Narcan, though that state would pay for the supply.
SF News Baby Reportedly Ingests Fentanyl Found In Grass at Marina Park, Saved With Narcan A parent’s worst nightmare came true Tuesday after a trip to Moscone Park in the Marina, as a 10-month-old suffered a cardiac arrest reportedly after finding fentanyl somewhere in the park, and was saved using Narcan.
SF News SF Saw Triple the Number of Overdose Deaths Than COVID-19 Deaths in 2020 Fentanyl is killing far more San Franciscans than coronavirus, according to a new report from the city’s Chief Medical Examiner.
